Training Log Archive: Mark3

Won the brown :) I think this is my most-visited o area, though. A few minor mistakes caused by lack of pre-planning and getting stuck in some brambles, but it was very much a runner's course which suited me.

Not done many forest events this year so was a nice change, but after 2 days of spectacular inversions, a damp misty forest was a bit of a come down tbh. The ladz got more gloriousness at Kinder today.

Nice course, 3 laps of tarmac, with a steep (very short) hill and then mostly flat with a bit more extended downhill. Hard to get pace back after the (probably only 20s) climb. Did enough for 4th with Allen in 3rd 45s ahead.

Decided yesterday wasn't sufficiently terrifying and did Jack's Rake. Nice way up via Pike Howe rather than the stream path. Then the Rake was damp, which reduced foot and handholds to only the flat ones. One section I took the gully route and it was impossible in the conditions, and I had to downclimb a section I couldn't see with Allen spotting me, and we had to take the more exposed route up the edge. Then near the top the actual 'path' disappeared somewhat and we were just climbing up bits of rock hoping that they'd come out at the top. It was exhilarating but very tense. The adrenaline nearly gave me a heart attack.

Rest of the run just went to get a few Wainwrights - Sergeant's Crag and Eagle Crag, then back via Codale Head (not a WW) and down to the Tarn due South (lovely) then from Stickle via Tarn Crag (also not a WW) avoiding the stream path again, more loveliness.

An awesome day.

Have done Crib Goch before but not Y Lliwedd. The former was terrifying as usual and I'm not sure why I keep putting myself through it. The inversions were truly spectacular though. However my tolerance to exposure doesn't seem to be increasing despite repetition!

Best bit of the day was coming down from the latter ridge to Cwm Dyli ignoring the path and going straight line.

Great day out with the ladz. Siabod cafe for Welsh Rarebit afterwards - they also served Austrian Rarebit but I neglected to ask what that was and Google doesn't know. It was a couple of pounds more expensive so I assume it had meat in it, sausage maybe? Next time.

Pretty good attempt but spend too long in the hilly bit at the start and not enough on the flat bit later. Saying that, only 70ish points short of the win and the 3:40 I had left over was easily enough to get quite a bit more than that. I think I'm two 1sts and two 2nds from the series so far though, which is better than I've ever been doing before.

MaccH Street O around Bollington. Retained my trophy for the 4th year in a row :)

Interesting spread of the 24 controls, 15 in Bollington and 9 miles away. I decided that 15 wouldn't be enough to win and took the gamble for miles away. Actually 15 would have been enough to win since 4 people got 14 all for joint second...

I got 6 of the 9 and 11 of the Bolly ones for 17. Emma got a bit ambitious and came back super late for the only negative score, but it was a noble effort.

Been feeling pretty rubbish the last couple of days but felt okay once I got out there, so glad I did.

My legs are still wrecked. Note to self: don't have 2 weeks off.

My legs are wrecked. This must be how normal people feel after a 2 hour run.